The Police Command in Nasarawa State has nabbed a man and his wife for allegedly stealing their neighbor’s two-year-old son.
DSP Ramhan Nansel, the command’s Public Relations Officer, made this known yesterday in Lafia while briefing newsmen.
Nansel said that the father of the victim, Adamu Abdullahi of Orange market, Mararaba, Karu Local Government Area, reported the incident to the Police on August 13, at about 3:30 p.m., that his two-year-old son had been missing for almost two weeks.
He said the complainant also told the police that he had received a phone call on the same day from an unknown person demanding a ransom of N2 million.
The police immediately deployed detectives to search for the missing child. Their efforts led to the arrest of the prime suspect and three accomplices.
The prime suspect, who is a neighbor to the victim’s father, admitted to conspiring with other suspects from Orange Market to steal the child. He told the police that he handed the child over to his wife, who took him to Katsina State. The police tracked the wife to Katsina State, arrested her, and recovered the child, who was reunited with his parents.
The police also arrested 14 other suspects between July and August for various offenses, including kidnapping, armed robbery, and cultism.